Popular baby names in Montana, 1940

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1940 were Sharon for girls (220 babies) and Robert for boys (279). Sharon ranked #17 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,005 babies born in Montana in 1940 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1940

Names given at least 15 times in Montana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Sharon: 220 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Myrna: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Darlene: 53 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marlene: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Deanna: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Donna: 100 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rosalie: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kay: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Connie: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Diana: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Everett: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ted: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dick: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Duane: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jim: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Darrell: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wallace: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gary: 162 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gordon: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dale: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1940

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Sharon	220	↑1	17
2	Mary	185	↓1	1
3	Patricia	137	↑1	3
4	Carol	134	↑1	6
5	Barbara	115	↓2	2
6	Donna	100	↑1	23
7	Shirley	84	↓1	9
8	Judy	82	↑11	16
9	Betty	81	↓1	5
10	Judith	74	↑8	4
11	Beverly	72	–	27
12	Sandra	72	–	10
13	Margaret	69	↓4	11
14	Karen	65	–	34
15	Linda	61	↑31	8
16	Dorothy	60	↓6	12
17	Joan	60	↓1	14
18	Nancy	58	↓3	7
19	Darlene	53	↓6	79
20	Helen	52	↓3	18
21	Bonnie	51	↑8	39
22	Joyce	45	↓2	13
23	Marilyn	45	–	25
24	Ruth	45	new	24
25	Marlene	42	↓1	80
26	Alice	39	↓4	32
27	Janice	34	↓2	22
28	Kay	34	↑17	77
29	Lois	34	↑12	38
30	Gloria	33	↑19	30
31	Frances	32	↑17	28
32	Janet	32	↓11	19
33	Jean	32	↓7	29
34	Phyllis	32	↑2	33
35	Geraldine	31	new	46
36	Roberta	31	↓5	71
37	Connie	29	new	88
38	Delores	29	↑5	83
39	Rose	29	–	44
40	Doris	28	↓2	31
41	Myrna	28	↓6	>100
42	Joann	27	↓8	63
43	Loretta	27	new	69
44	Diane	26	↓4	45
45	Irene	26	new	73
46	Joanne	26	↓13	54
47	Carolyn	25	↓10	15
48	Marjorie	25	new	64
49	Ann	24	new	35
50	Virginia	24	↓23	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Robert	279	–	2
2	James	234	↑1	1
3	John	230	↓1	3
4	Richard	214	–	5
5	William	166	–	4
6	Gary	162	↑2	19
7	David	151	–	7
8	Larry	135	↑2	13
9	Donald	117	↓3	9
10	Charles	102	↓1	6
11	Ronald	97	↑1	10
12	Thomas	97	↓1	8
13	Kenneth	90	↑2	15
14	Jerry	85	↑2	14
15	George	74	↓2	11
16	Michael	63	↑6	18
17	Edward	58	↑2	16
18	Gerald	58	↓1	21
19	Jack	57	↓5	29
20	Raymond	54	↑1	22
21	Joseph	53	↑2	12
22	Dennis	51	↓2	24
23	Roger	51	↑8	26
24	Frank	49	↑1	20
25	Dale	40	↓7	57
26	Paul	40	↑6	17
27	Jim	39	↓3	78
28	Wayne	39	↑5	39
29	Eugene	38	↑5	38
30	Bill	36	↑10	67
31	Don	35	↑7	62
32	Norman	35	new	48
33	Daniel	34	↓5	34
34	Douglas	32	↓5	56
35	Joe	32	↑8	28
36	Lawrence	31	↓6	36
37	Walter	30	new	25
38	Arthur	27	↑11	33
39	Harold	27	↓13	23
40	Roy	27	↑8	42
41	Terry	27	↓2	73
42	Gordon	26	↓7	91
43	Marvin	26	↓7	63
44	Bruce	25	new	55
45	Ralph	25	↓1	37
46	Melvin	24	new	53
47	Clifford	22	new	94
48	Tom	22	new	92
49	Bob	21	↓8	99
50	Clarence	21	new	64

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